Hi, I'm Jim Denison with Dennis in Form, and this is the Daily Article for Wednesday, November 7, 2018.

The midterm election results are not yet finalized, but it's clear that Republicans increase their control of the Senate, while Democrats regain control of the House of Representatives.

At least 101 women were elected to the House a new record. Two Muslim women and two Native American

women are projected to win seats in Congress. The percentage of minority voters was the largest

ever for a midterm election reflecting the increasing diversity of the American population.

With yesterday's vote, the U.S. is returning to a divided government. Whether you're discouraged

or encouraged with the results,

one fact is clear. America's democratic experiment worked yet again. The House of Representatives

and Senate began meeting in the building we know as the U.S. Capitol in 1800. The structure was

expanded in 1850. Some of the construction labor was supplied by slaves.

The dome was enlarged and crowned with the Statue of Freedom in 1863.

Since the House and Senate first met in the Capitol on November 17, 1800, the building has seen the war of 1812, in which it was partially burned,

the Civil War, two world wars, the Korean conflict,

the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and ongoing conflicts with global terrorism. Legislators met

there during the Great Depression and the Great Recession. The Capitol has witnessed

presidential administrations from Thomas Jefferson to Donald Trump. It has survived

to 54 midterm elections and significant political turmoil.

Over the past 21 midterm elections, the president's party has lost an average of 30 seats in the House and four seats in the Senate.

Like its capital building, the United States of America has faced and overcome enormous challenges to our survival.

What explains our success?

We have the advantage of geography, with no national enemies on our borders.

No foreign nation has successfully occupied the United States.

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